Former Congress Minister and five-time MLA Ramreddy Venkat Reddy (72) passed away after prolonged illness in a city hospital on Friday evening.
The end came at 3.20 pm at a corporate hospital. Venkat Reddy, who represented Palair Assembly constituency in Khammam district, had been ailing for the last few months. He had been admitted into the hospital for treatment as his condition deteriorated recently. He was serving as Public Accounts Committee chairman of the Telangana Assembly. The Congress leader born on May 22, 1944 leaves behind wife Sucharita and four daughters.
His mortal remains were shifted to his residence in MLAs Colony. The last rites would be performed at Pathilingala village of Kamepalli mandal on Saturday afternoon. His funeral will take place with police honours following the instructions of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, a release from CMO said.
A steady stream of visitors made a beeline to his residence to pay their last respects as soon as word spread about his demise. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, working president Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, and Congress Legislature Party leader K. Jana Reddy condoled the death.
He made his debut in the Assembly in 1996 byelection from Shujatnagar and repeated the feat in 1999 and 2009. Elected for the fifth time from Palair, Venkat Reddy was made chairman of Public Accounts Committee of Telangana Assembly. On four occasions, he had represented Shujatnagar constituency in Khammam district. After the constituency was demerged, he shifted to Palair and won with a comfortable majority in the 2014 elections.
A soft-spoken low-profile leader, Venkat Reddy served as Horticulture Minister in the Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy, K. Rosaiah and Kiran Kumar Reddy Governments. Venkat Reddy’s brother R.Damodar Reddy is a former Minister.
In a statement issued here on Saturday, TPCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy said the Congress party had lost a disciplined soldier. Telangana TDP president L. Ramana, working president A. Revanth Reddy and Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy condoled the Congress leader’s death.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – March 05th, 2016